Principles of Geometry: Volume 2 - Brossura

Baker, H. F.

 
9781108017787: Principles of Geometry: Volume 2

Sinossi

A benchmark study of projective geometry and the birational theory of surfaces, first published between 1922 and 1925.

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Descrizione del libro

Henry Frederick Baker (1866–1956) was a renowned British mathematician specialising in algebraic geometry. First published between 1922 and 1925, this six-volume work provides a detailed insight into the geometry which was developing at the time of publication. Volume 2 describes the principal configurations of space of two dimensions.

Contenuti

Preface; Preliminary; 1. General properties of conics; 2. Properties relative to two points of reference; 3. The equation of a line, and of a conic; 4. Restriction of the algebraic symbols. The distinction of real and imaginary elements; 5. Properties relative to an absolute conic. The notion of distance. Non-Euclidean geometry; Notes; Index.

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